That touched off a melee. Remember, the Giants and Cardinals had built bad blood from their NLCS meeting the previous year, which St. Louis won in seven games.

And to bring things to the present, a few of the principals from that game have roles in this NLCS. Clark, who works for the Giants, threw out the ceremonial first pitch in Game 1. Oquendo is the Cards' third-base coach. St. Louis' bench coach is Mike Aldrete, who hit behind Maldonado that day.